Burrington

Parish/Community: Burrington
District/Borough: North Devon
County: Devon
Region: South West

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 50°56'2"N 3°56'22"W
Eastings/Northings: 263802, 116738
OS Grid: SS638167
Mapcode Local: GBR KW.PKSK
Mapcode Global: FRA 26MM.YT4

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Burrington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Burrington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Burrington.-- par., N. Devon, 4 miles NW. of Chumleigh, 5330 ac., pop. 776; P.O.

Burrington in the Domesday Book

A village in North Tawton hundred, in the county of Devon.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Thanes, two; Abbey of Tavistock St Mary & St Rumon
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Tavistock
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: William the goat (subinfeudated); Abbey of Tavistock; Geoffrey (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £8 in 1070; £8 15/- in 1086
- Households: 21 villagers; 15 smallholders; 4 slaves; 4 boors; 4 other households
- Plough Teams: 7 ¹⁄₂ lord's ploughs; 8 ¹⁄₂ men's ploughs (35 plough lands)
- Meadow: 11 acres
- Woodland: 66 acres
- Pasture: 1 mixed measure
- Animals in 1086: 9 cattle; 6 pigs; 28 goats

British Place Names

Burrington, Devon

Burrington is a village in Devon

Burrington in historic gazetteers

Burrington in the Domesday Book